Video & Transcript Research : 'block groups'
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, June 24, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- through the block grant.
- <00:43:14.000>
grant the education resource block grant the education resource block grant - have a step those groups, and then they have a step in the middle.
- or in small groups as in front of groups or in small groups as well.
- And both groups will tell you they're... And both groups will tell you they're the most important.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We cannot assign them to census blocks or equalize population based on those estimates.
- and census block groups have different populations, and you need to kind of adjust to do that, and that's
- and census block groups have different populations and you need to kind of adjust to do that and that's
- those census blocks provided to us by the Census Bureau.
- So majority-minority is where you have a minority group and that minority group in and of itself can
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (8-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- block grant state plan. block grant state plan.
- community services block grant. Yeah. community services block grant. Yeah.
- The block grant is approved.
- come and as a group and present to you. come and as a group and present to you.
- group that we're going to talk about. group that we're going to talk about.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its July 30, 2025 meeting. Members then heard a presentation from Roger McCann of the Department for Community Based Services on Kentucky’s 2026-2027 Community Services Block Grant state plan. He explained that the federally funded grant, now about $12 million annually, is distributed through 23 local community action agencies that use flexible funds for locally identified needs such as housing, nutrition, transportation, Head Start, and domestic violence services. McCann said the plan is submitted every two years and that the agencies served about 264,000 Kentuckians and 130,000 families in 2024. Senator Meredith asked whether there was a central place to review local projects, and McCann said regular reports exist and could be shared with members.
The committee then approved the CSBG state plan by roll call vote. After that, members received an update on Kentucky’s state-designated domestic violence shelter programs from Angela Yanelli of ZeroV, Mary Foley of Maryman House Domestic Crisis Center, and Elizabeth Martin of the Center for Women and Families. The presenters described ZeroV’s role as the statewide domestic violence coalition, its 15 member programs across all area development districts, and its contract with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide emergency shelter, supportive services, housing assistance, and batterers intervention programming. They emphasized that services are available 24/7 and are trauma-informed, with a strong focus on children and family support.
The domestic violence providers reported high demand and rising costs. ZeroV said its network served more than 14,000 adults and children in fiscal year 2025, including nearly 900 children in shelter and more than 500 in outreach, while Maryman House reported operating at 90-92% capacity, with 53 households waiting for emergency shelter and 63 more waiting for intake. Maryman House also described an 8-unit transitional housing complex and plans for a 48-unit apartment complex if tax credit funding is approved. The Center for Women and Families highlighted school-readiness support for children, tutoring, counseling, and family services, including back-to-school supplies and rights information for homeless students. No additional votes or formal actions were taken during the domestic violence presentations.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Claire Kiefer will graduate with three Championships and anchored the team with key blocks and aces.
- The group meets monthly to discuss the concerns of each of the diverse neighborhoods, and they meet with
- In all my years, I have never seen a group of... CONGRESS'S ARTICLE ONE POWERS TO TAX AND TRADE?
- Don't block for the President if he's not doing the right thing. Work for the American people.
- Don't block for the President if he's not doing the right thing. Work for the American people.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, January 22, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:03:20.159>
grant the components of of the block grant the components of of the block grant - <00:36:15.599>
It embedded in the uh block grant. It embedded in the uh block grant. - And so, um, I'm going to block grant.
- small group of needs.
- I want to address the block grants.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, Senator Block, I believe so.
- President, Senator Block? Yes. Mr.
- President, Senator Block.
- President, Senator Block? No, Mr.
- President, Senator Block? I don't know Mr.
Keywords:
SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So what did he block?
- So what did he block? I offered an bill. So what did he block?
- offer amendments on block. offer amendments on block.
- one, on block.
- On block number one, on block.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jul 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is our core group here in Santa Teresa. There's this group.
- Next topic is block crossings.
- Union Pacific does not want to block people from going across the tracks.
- That is how some of the block crossings occur.
- And you know, it's unfortunate when communities are struggling with block crossings.
MN
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:37 am
Senate Health & Public Affairs
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/28/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I rise today to proudly introduce a terrific group of students from my district, who came to Albany as
- them their faith, both Muslim and Christian, and worked to better our neighborhoods today through groups
- Lewis Voting Rights Act provides for assistance for language minority groups currently.
- President, it adds two groups to the language minority and protected class, language minority groups,
- President, in both cases whether it is a language minority group, or a...
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and adopted a resolution calendar with several exceptions before taking up a series of ceremonial resolutions and bills. Members welcomed student visitors from the YWCA of White Plains’ Voices Unfiltered Policy Program, then adopted resolutions honoring Senegalese independence and the Senegalese community, MWBE Advocacy Day, John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, the Sing Sing Prison Museum, I Love My Park Day, Animal Advocacy Day, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month, and Denim Day. Speakers emphasized cultural recognition, public service, environmental stewardship, animal welfare, rare disease awareness, and support for survivors of sexual violence; each resolution was adopted.
The chamber then moved through the regular calendar, passing a number of bills on broad roll-call votes. Among the measures approved were bills amending the Penal Law, Executive Law, Public Housing Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Social Services Law, Environmental Conservation Law, General Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Election Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills passed unanimously or nearly so, while a few drew notable opposition, including a public health measure that passed 39-19 and the labor-related bill on ghost job postings that passed 39-19 after extended debate.
The most detailed floor debate centered on the Labor Law bill addressing “ghost jobs,” requiring employers with 100 or more employees to disclose whether postings are for current vacancies, expected future openings, or general resume collection, with Department of Labor enforcement and civil penalties. Supporters argued it would protect job seekers from deceptive postings; opponents said it was unnecessary, burdensome, and could invite litigation or penalties disproportionate to the problem. The Senate also debated and passed a bill expanding election-language assistance under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act to Haitian Creole and Middle Eastern and North African communities, with supporters citing growing language-access needs and opponents raising concerns about scope and local costs. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Block or even limit anyone's ability to access the church building. Thank you for the question.
- Just to let you know, they blocked the driveway. People were getting into the driveway.
- They blocked the front of the church, where you couldn't get into the church.
- You can block. You do all the things that you do when you protest. It doesn't restrict that.
- There are groups that meet up here throughout the week for religious worship.
Bills:
SB1519, SB1775, SB1900, SB1948, SB2080, SB1226, SB1456, SB1462, SB1463, SB1980, SB1479, SB1608, SB1923
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 09/17/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- introduce yourself to the working group. introduce yourself to the working group.
- introduce yourself to the working group. introduce yourself to the working group.
- Uh, the group part of that work group.
- is in 2024. group meeting.
- um releasable to this working group? um releasable to this working group?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/26/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- What I ended up doing is I do have some relationship with the Latino group.
- What I ended up doing is I do have some relationship with the Latino group.
- What I ended up doing is I do have some relationship with the Latino group.
- A couple of people have mentioned the example of counting blocks.
- It's important for a setting to have toys like blocks.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- than this one group? than this one group?
- restrained or even completely blocked. restrained or even completely blocked.
- in an average of their comparable group. in an average of their comparable group.
- 35 agencies in that comparison group. 35 agencies in that comparison group.
- that comparison [clears throat] group. that comparison [clears throat] group.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Our systems and our operations innovation groups report through him.
- Which I think really hurts non-profit businesses, and it's always been a big block.
- What are, who are we actually serving in that percentage group? Okay.
- Is that an endorsement, Representative Block? Thank you, Madam Chair.
- I'll sponsor it, only if **Representative Block** joins.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- However, the safety concern that I'm thinking about is when someone is being blocked intentionally by
- That being said, for an individual blocking the way, I think certainly 48 inches makes it harder for
- That being said, for an individual blocking the way, I think certainly 48 inches makes it harder for
- same as their height, so just to put that into perspective for whether or not one individual could block
- ... ...to issue model code for point access block residential buildings, what we're talking about here
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services met with a quorum, adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes, and then unanimously adopted S-1 substitutes for House Bills 5570 and 5571. The chair said the committee would take testimony and likely not move to final passage that day, in order to allow more discussion and questions. The bills, as substituted, would allow local governments to permit certain multifamily buildings up to four stories to be built or converted with a single staircase, subject to conditions such as limits on units per floor, floor size, and existing fire safety requirements. A sunset provision was described as ending the statute once LARA adopts corresponding building code rules.
Representatives Fairbairn and Wooden testified in support, saying the bills are intended to address Michigan’s housing shortage by making smaller infill and “missing middle” projects more feasible and less costly. They argued the current two-stair requirement drives up costs, makes land assembly harder, and limits development on narrow or irregular lots. Senators asked about stair width, emergency safety, the choice of four stories instead of six, and why the American Institute of Architects opposed the approach; the sponsors said the 48-inch stair width was intended to allow two-way movement, four stories was a compromise aligned with expected code changes, and the architects preferred rulemaking over statutory change.
Supportive testimony came from Pew Charitable Trusts, which said research from New York City, Seattle, and other places found fire death rates in modern single-stair buildings to be indistinguishable from other multifamily buildings, and that modern safety features such as sprinklers, alarms, and fire-rated construction make these buildings safe. A developer from Ann Arbor and the Michigan Home Builders Association said the reform would improve floor-plan efficiency, reduce wasted circulation space, lower construction costs, and help smaller projects pencil out. Abundant Housing Michigan also supported the bills, estimating they could reduce apartment construction costs by nearly 13%. The clerk read in numerous written cards in support from business, housing, municipal, and advocacy groups, while the Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs and the Michigan Professional Firefighters Union were listed as neutral. The committee adjourned without further business.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and census block groups have different populations, and you need to kind of adjust to do that, and that's
- census blocks, provided to us by the Census Bureau.
- So sometimes it just necessitates, as I showed you the block lines.
- So majority-minority is where you have a minority group and that minority group, in and of itself, can
- Any outside groups involved?
Summary:
The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard a Governor’s Office presentation on a proposed congressional reapportionment map. The governor’s counsel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be considered at all in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection law and should be treated as non-severable. The presentation also discussed the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais and the Florida Supreme Court’s Black Voters Matter decision as part of the legal rationale for the map.
Jason Parada, who said he drew the map alone, described the map as based on 2020 census block data, with county-level population estimates used only as a guide to identify faster-growing areas. He said the plan keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores similar to the current benchmark map, and uses traditional geographic and political boundaries such as roads, railways, county lines, and municipal lines. He walked through regional changes, emphasizing a race-neutral redesign that significantly altered South Florida, including changes to districts in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Everglades, while leaving several northern districts largely unchanged.
Members questioned the witnesses extensively about the legal theory, the use of partisan data, the role of race, population growth, and the timing and review of the map. The witnesses said partisan data was considered along with other traditional redistricting criteria, but race was not used. They also said they could not speak to who else reviewed the map beyond EOG staff and counsel. Several senators raised concerns about the map’s compactness, county and city splits, the apparent partisan effects, and the fact that the map was released shortly before the special session. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 10:15 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent NAVA, which is a Native American advocacy group.
- Thank you, Representative Block. Thank you so much, Madam Chair.
- What do I need to change, or which small group of kids needs to be put into a small group?
- What do I need to change, or which small group of kids needs to be put into a small group?
- What do I need to change, or which small group of kids needs to be put into a small group?
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- First category: Senate bills on third reading, uncontested calendar, a block.
- Rounding out the block of third-reading uncontested bills, at the top of page four is Senate Bill 453
- Rounding out the block of third-reading uncontested bills, at the top of page four is Senate Bill 453
- Third reading uncontested of these two House bills in the block.
- The bills in the block are House Bill 1530 as well as House Bill 1531. Shall the bills pass?